Spectrophotometric determination of iron with ferrozine by flow-injection analysis

Two methods for the determination of iron by normal FIA and reversed FIA were developed using sodium 3-(2-pyridyl)-5,6-diphenyl-1,2,4-triazine-4',4'-disulphonate (ferrozine). The reagent formed a chelate with Fe(II) in hexamethylentetramine buffered medium at pH 5.5. In one previous reaction coil Fe(III) was reduced to Fe(II) by ascorbic acid and in the other reaction coil the complexation reaction was developed. The linear range of the determination was 0.5-6 and 0.1-5 mug ml(-1) of iron for normal FIA and reversed FIA respectively. The proposed method was sensitive (detection limit 0.012 and 0.010 mug ml(-1)), rapid and reproducible (RSD 0.3 and 0.28%). The method was satisfactorily applied to the determination of iron in waste water, toadstool tissue, potato leaves, human hair and bauxites at a sampling rate of 90 and 50 samples h(-1) for normal FIA and reversed FIA respectively.     

Spectrophotometric determination of catecholamines with metaperiodate by flow-injection analysis

A flow-injection Spectrophotometric method for the determination of adrenaline and isoprenaline, based on the reaction with metaperiodate, is described. The calibration graphs are linear up to 2 × 10⁻⁴ M. Flow injection allows the measurement of 120 samples per hour. The method was successfully applied to the determination of both catecholamines in pharmaceuticals.     

Spectrophotometric determination of silicate with Rhodamine B by flow-injection analysis

A spectrophotometric flow-injection method for the determination of silicate based on the formation of an ion pair between molybdosilicic acid and Rhodamine B is proposed. It allows silicate to be determined over the concentration range 0.17–2.0 mg 1^?1 at a sampling rate of 40 h^?1, is reasonably precise and is highly tolerant to ions that commonly occur in waters. It has been applied with satisfactory results to the determination of silicate in various types of water.     

Spectrophotometric determination of sulphate in sodium hydroxide solutions by flow-injection analysis

A spectrophotometric flow-injection procedure is described for the determination of sulphate in sodium hydroxide solutions. Sulphate catalyses the reaction between zirconium and methylthymol blue to form a complex measured at 586 nm. Optimal reaction conditions are discussed. The calibration graph is linear over the range 0.05–0.5 g l^?1 sulphate with a relative standard deviation of 0.02. The sample throughput is 20 h^?1. Sulphate is easily determined in 1 M sodium hydroxide; the results agree with those obtained by the conventional gravimetric method and by ion chromatography.     

Spectrophotometric flow-injection determination of ascorbic acid by generation of triiodide

A method is proposed for the flow-injection determination of ascorbic acid (0.1–40 μg ml^?1). Iodine is generated in the flow system as triiodide ion or the triiodide/starch complex giving a steady spectrophotometric signal at 350 or 580 nm, respectively; inverse peaks caused by ascorbic acid samples are measured. The method is applied to the determination of ascorbic acid in a fruit juice, jam and vitamin C preparation.     

Spectrophotometric flow-injection determination of nickel in biological materials

A flow injection method has been developed for the direct determination of free available Pb(II) and total Pb content in wine samples. The method is based on the chemical sorption of Pb(II), from pH 7 buffered solutions, on a packed polyurethane foam column, modified by addition of 2-(2-benzothiazolylazo)-p-cresol (BTAC). After this step, lead was directly eluted with a stream of 0.1 mol l(-1) HCl into an air C(2)H(2) flame in which lead was determined by atomic absorption spectrometry. Total lead was analyzed after sample digestion with nitric acid and hydrogen peroxide, being free available lead determined by direct sample on-line preconcentration and elution. The method provides a limit of detection (3sigma) of 1 mug l(-1) lead and relative standard deviation, which varies from 6 to 0.7% for lead concentration of 10 and 500 mug l(-1). Total content of lead in wine samples analyzed varied from 8 to 42 mug l(-1) being obtained free available values of Pb(II) under the limit of detection of the method. Recovery studies on natural wine samples, spicked with inorganic lead, evidenced the remaining capability of ligands, present in the wine, to avoid lead retention on the polyurethane foam loaded with BTAC.     

Spectrophotometric flow-injection determination of sulphate in soil solutions

A flow-injection procedure for spectrophotometric determination of sulphate in soil solutions is proposed. Samples are directly soaked from the soils under field conditions, in-line filtered through ceramic plates, and preserved with thymol. The method involves reaction with barium dimethylsulphonazo(III) (DMSA) in the presence of dimethylsulphoxide (DMSO) with further measuring the decrease in absorbance at 668 nm. A linear response is observed up to about 5 mgl ⁻¹ SO₄, and detection limit (3σ criterion) is 0.1 mg l⁻¹ SO₄. Only 4.5 μg DMSA is consumed per determination. The system is rugged and baseline drift is not observed during extended operation periods. About 60 samples are injected per hour, and the results are precise (r.s.d. <2%) and in agreement with ion chromatography.     

Spectrophotometric determination of magnesium with eriochrome cyanine R in analysis of silicates

A simple and sensitive method for determining magnesium in silicates low in aluminium and iron (glass, clay, feldspars, etc.) is presented. The method is applicable in the classical procedure of silicate analysis and magnesia is determined with Eriochrome Cyanine R in an ammonium buffer solution at pH 11.5. There is no interference by elements likely to occur in such samples. The accuracy and the precision of the proposed method are superior to those of the complexometric method. The limit of detection is 0.007% MgO.     

Fluorimetric determination of aflatoxins by flow-injection analysis

Summary A fast and inexpensive fluorimetric method for the determination of total aflatoxins (B₁, B₂, G₁, and G₂) in food of use in screening numerous samples suspectedly containing these substances is proposed. The sensitivity of the method (determination range between 0.5 and 200.0 ng ml^–1) allows these analytes to be detected at concentrations well below legal limits; hence, separation-detection techniques such as HPLC need only be used with samples in which these compounds are found to occur. The method has been applied to maize, peanut and tapioca samples, obtaining average recoveries of 100.9 with deviations of ±5% with respect to 100% recovery.

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Fluorometrische Bestimmung von Aflatoxinen durch Fließinjektionsanalyse

     

Spectrophotometric determination of silicon in ferrophosphorus

A method is described for the spectrophotometric determination of 0-4% silicon in ferrophosphorus, following fusion with sodium peroxide in a zirconium crucible. Silicomolybdic acid is formed with sodium molybdate. The acidity is increased to 2N and the solution stood for 10 min to destroy phosphomolybdic and arsenomolybdic acids. The silicomolybdic acid is reduced with ascorbic acid and the absorbance measured at 810 nm. The colour is stable, and a standard deviation of 0.006% was achieved for 0.7% silicon. Results obtained for three samples with alternative procedures are compared.     

Spectrophotometric determination of chlorhexidine with bromocresol green by flow-injection and manual methods

A spectrophotometric study of the chlorhexidine/bromocresol green/Triton X-100 system is reported; at pH 5.3, both 2:1 and 1:1 bromocresol green/chlorhexidine complexes are formed. In the manual spectrophotometric method, Beer's law is obeyed for chlorhexidine concentrations of 2.9–32.2 μg ml^?1 (r.s.d. 0.4–1.3%); the molar absorptivity is 12 500 l mol^?1 cm^?1. In the flow-injection method, the calibration graph is linear for the chlorhexidine range 23.0–83.9 μg ml^?1 (r.s.d. 0.8%); the injection is ca. 60 h^?1. Benzocaine, acetylsalicylic acid, ascorbic acid and sucrose are tolerated at 10^?2?10^?3 M levels. Hibitane 5% was analyzed successfully.     

Fluorometric determination of diphenhydramine by flow-injection analysis

A sensitive, rapid and simple flow injection procedure for the determination of diphenhydramine has been designed based on a fluorometric approach. An aqueous solution of diphenhydramine is injected into a carrierreagent stream containing Ce(IV) in dilute sulphuric acid and the fluorescence intensity of the Ce(III) produced is monitored. Chemical, FIA and instrumental variables were optimized. Analytical features of the method are: linear range 0.2–2 ppm, precision 0.7%, sample throughput 80/h. The influence of some foreign substances which can be found in typical pharmaceutical samples containing diphenhydramine was also investigated. The diphenhydramine content of a pharmaceutical preparation was determined.     

On-line determination of sulphite in brine by flow-injection analysis

A spectrophotometric flow-injection procedure for the determination of sulphite in aqueous media over the range 0.5–20 mg 1^?1 is described. The reagent used was the organic disulphide 5,5′-dithiobis(2-nitrobenzoic acid). Results are presented for a laboratory-based method for sulphite in water and a potential on-line method for sulphite in high ionic strength potassium chloride brine. The general attractions of flow-injection-based monitors for the on-line analysis of liquid process streams are also discussed.     

Spectrophotometric flow-injection determination of urea in body fluids by using an immobilized urease reactor

A flow system involving a packed-bed enzyme reactor (volume 180 μl) with urease immobilized covalently on poly(glycidyl methacrylate)-coated porous glass is used for determining urea in blood serum and urine. Enzymatically produced ammonia is converted to an indophenolate dye (by oxidative coupling with hypochlorite and sodium salicylate), which is detected spectrophotometrically at 700 nm. The calibration graph is rectilinear for 25–500 μM urea when injecting samples (75 μl) diluted 1:50 for serum or 1:1000 for urine at a frequency of 60 h^?1; the relative standard deviation is 1.1% for ten injections of 300 μM urea. The immobilized urease is stabilized by the addition of disodium EDTA, sodium azide and 2-mercaptoethanol to a 0.2 M phosphate buffer (pH 6.9) used as the carrier stream, which serves also as a preservative for longterm storage of the urease reactor packing at 4°C.     

Spectrophotometric determination of silicon in thorium oxide

A method is described for the spcctrophotometric determination of microgram quantities of silicon in the presence of thorium. Thorium oxide is dissolved by heating it at 70 to 8o°C in 4M HNO₃ that contains 2 drops of HF. Under these conditions, no silicon is lost through volatilization. The silicon is estimated as the blue ailicomolybdate complex. Under the conditions selected for development of color, a precipitate of thorium molybdate is obtained ; the thorium molybdate is, however, dissolved without affecting the color of the complex by the addition of tartrate and adjusting the pH of the solution to 3.0. The lower limit of detection is about 5 p.p.m. of silicon.     

流动注射结合化学发光法测定没食子酸

基于没食子酸与铬 (Ⅵ )的氧化还原反应 ,产生的铬 (Ⅲ )催化鲁米诺 H2 O2 化学发光体系的研究 ,结合流动注射技术 ,优化反应条件 ,建立了一种高灵敏度的快速测定没食子酸的新方法。方法的线性范围为 2 .0× 1 0 - 9～ 5 .0× 1 0 - 6g/mL ,检出限为 1 .2× 1 0 - 9g/mL ,对 1 .0× 1 0 - 7g/mL的没食子酸进行了 1 1次平行测定 ,相对标准偏差为 2 .1 %。方法成功地用于健民咽喉片中没食子酸的测定。     

Sequential determination of iron and titanium by flow-injection analysis

A flow-injection method has been developed for the sequential spectrophotometric determination of iron and titanium using 3,4 dihydroxybenzoic acid as chromogenic reagent. The system involves the sequential measurement of the absorbances of the complexes at 380 and 570 nm. The system is designed using a simultaneous injection of sample and reagent into separate carrier streams. The proposed method is characterized by a precision of about 2%, a sampling rate of about 50 samples per hour, and a reagent consumption of 200 mul (0.50% solution) per sample. It is relatively free of interferences and was used for the sequential determination of titanium and iron in rocks.     

Spectrophotometric determination of traces of silicon by an extraction method

A general method is presented for the spectrophotometric determination of silicon at trace levels. It involves the extraction of the yellow silicomolybdate with isoamyl alcohol and subsequent reduction to silicomolybdate blue. The method covers the range 0.2–15 μg of silicon. A comprehensive study of interferences using standard additions of 5 and 10 μg of silicon was carried out and many modifications are incorporated to permit the determination of silicon in a wide variety of metals and salts.     

Spectrophotometric flow-injection determination of copper and nickel in plant digests exploiting differential kinetic analysis and multi-site detection

A novel strategy for implementing differential reaction-rate methods in flow-injection analysis is proposed and applied to the determination of copper and nickel in plant digests using 2-(5-brom-2-pyridylazo)-5-(diethylamino)-phenol (Br-PADAP) as the color-forming reagent. Multi-site detection is involved, therefore the flow cell is displaced between two monitoring sites, and the analytical signals refer to different conditions of sample dispersion, reaction development and timing.The system handles 20 samples h⁻¹ and requires 0.32 mg Br-PADAP per determination. Signal additivity was evaluated within 98 and 102%, and linear responses (r > 0.999; n = 6) were verified for both copper and nickel up to 0.80 mg l⁻¹. Detection limits of 0.01 and 0.04 mg l⁻¹ Cu and Ni were estimated by considering the highest concentration of the counter analyte. Results are precise (R.S.D. < 2%) and in agreement with ICP-OES (95% confidence level). Potentialities and limitations of the approach are discussed.     

Spectrophotometric flow-injection determination of zinc in plant digests based on a spot test

A spot test was implemented in a flow-injection system for the spectrophotometric determination of zinc in digests of plant materials. It is based on the influence of Zn²⁺ on the oxidation rate of 1-naphthylethylenediamine (NED) by hexacyanoferrate(III) under acidic conditions. In order to control the precipitate formation and to maintain the resulting suspension, a micellar medium was established by adding Triton X-100. The proposed system handles about 65 samples per hour, meaning 72 μg NED and 9.0 mg K₃[Fe(CN)₆] per determination. Baseline drift is usually <0.01 absorbance per hour and the analytical signals for 0.5-2.5 mg l⁻¹ Zn range within ca. 0.07-0.45 absorbance. Linearity of the analytical curve is fair (r>0.999, n=6) and detection limit was estimated as 0.2 mg l⁻¹ Zn. Results are precise (R.S.D.<1%, n=10) and in agreement with flame atomic absorption spectrometry and with certified values of standard reference materials.